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How the Gothic revival came to influence popular art, architecture and literature.

In 18th century England, out of the Age of Enlightenment came a Gothic obsession with monsters which influenced art, architecture and literature.

In the middle of the 18th century - in England - an entirely surprising thing happened. Out of the age of Enlightenment and Reason a monster was born - a Gothic obsession with monsters, ghouls, ghosts and things that go bump in the night! The Gothic Revival came to influence popular art, architecture and literature.

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Andrew Graham-Dixon looks at 19th-century Britain's obsession with all things Gothic.

Andrew Graham-Dixon explores how a group of 19th-century architects and artists spurned the modern age and turned to Britain's medieval past to create iconic works and buildings.

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